- Let’s get right into it!
- You can find this thinly sliced beef belly in most Asian grocery stores.
- Most cuts of beef are fine to use as long as they are not too lean, like the round.
- First, we are going to blanch the beef belly in a pot of boiling water.
- Once the beef doesn’t have any pink color, then you can take it out and strain it through a calendar.
- Cook the beef until the sauce is reduced, but make sure to reserve some of the sauce for cooking the onions so that the onions absorb all the flavors from the beef.
- Pour out the remaining sauce.
- Cover with a lid and cook until the onions are soft.
- In a bowl of steamed rice, top with the beef, some pickled ginger called beni shoga, green onions, and a poached egg.
- For some extra heat, sprinkle on some Japanese spice mixture called shichimi.
- This dish is one of the most popular comfort foods in Japan.
- It’s quick and easy.
- It’s super flavorful from all the toppings.
- Until we eat again.
- Let’s correct this sentence: Do you know that there are some fast food chains in Japan only specialized making this dish?
- Let’s think of some more adjectives to describe food, such as “super flavorful”.
- Do you like beni shoga? What other types of pickled foods have you tried?
- Do you prefer poached or raw eggs? What is your preferred method to poach an egg?
- Do you think shichimi is spicy?
- When you travel abroad for a long time, what food do you start to miss the most?
- Tell me about another Japanese recipe you like to make!
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